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[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 67 points 4 days ago (20 children)

People defending this as "those are lighning bolts, not everyone knows it's nazi imagery" are american, right?

Like, everyone in Europe knows this is strictly and unmistakably nazi imagery, especially in Poland. There is no wiggle room for not knowing; that's not even an excuse GOG themselves are trying to make, because if they tried to use that excuse then literally no one with the ability to read it in Europe would be uneducated enough to fall for it.

[–] red_sock@lemmy.ml 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

People defending this as “those are lighning bolts, not everyone knows it’s nazi imagery” are american, right?

Nah, they know what they are. They're trying to a) downplay the symbol's significance and normalize displaying it and b) get a "snowflake got triggered by lightning bolts" own out of it.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 13 points 4 days ago

Racists wil Fuck around and then plead ignorance to avoid Finding Out.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is the top of the email:

This is the typeset of the game they're promoting:

This looks like a monumentally stupid fuckup. Never attribute to malice that what can be easily attributed to stupidity, incompetence, or negligence.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 55 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They knew the sig "runes" were problematic before sending out the email, as they said they removed them for their German customers, but then kept it for everyone else. They knew, but decided to keep of in anyway.

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[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 44 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, not with the fucking double sig rune. You can't be that brain dead to not see and know it is the symbol of the fucking SS and then even try to dance around German laws against the usage of NS-symbols and even fuck that up.

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[–] VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online 187 points 5 days ago (18 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 98 points 5 days ago (7 children)

these symbols seem to render very differently on different devices. i got a wheel of hatchets, an eight-pointed star, and two futhark runes on desktop.

...which is why it's at the very least irresponsible for them to send something like this. if there is actually intent here that only makes it worse.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 155 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Their “apology” actually admitted that they knew about the potential for rendering differences. They say they knew that certain symbols could render as Nazi icons, which is why they specifically excluded those symbols from the email they sent to German accounts.

But if we extend that same “we didn’t send it to Germany” thing to the logical conclusion, it means they intentionally sent it to everyone else even when knowing the potential for issues.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 82 points 5 days ago

I made a complaint last year about one of their emails having a giant banner saying "MAKE GAMING GREAT AGAIN!" they made mildly appropriate noises. Seemed like the person on the other end really just wanted me to fuck entirely off asap.

[–] hikaru755@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

they specifically excluded those symbols from the email they sent to German accounts

And even that they fucked up, because it seems like they just removed them from the German language version of the email. German accounts set to English (like mine) got the symbols like everyone else.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 84 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My favorite part was that GoG was told they cannot send this email in Germany because it would break the Nazi rule so they purposely get blocked their emails to getting to Germany.

In other words, they knew.

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

Developers: you can't use unused Unicode to represent photos, such a simple string of Data could be interpreted an infinite different ways If there isn't unity.

Marketing team: bah humbug, what's the worst thing that could happen...

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[–] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You forgot to hide your name.

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 101 points 5 days ago

The screenshot is from the PCGamer article

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 59 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 110 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gaben, "we aren't a monopoly there's plenty of other publishers to buy from"

GOG

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 182 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Steam once again using the winning strategy of doing nothing while your opponent fucks up

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago (2 children)

interesting how easily is for a company to not shoot itself in the foot if they don't have public shareholders

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

"Found my grandpa's helmet. He must've been an electrician or something."

[–] j4yc33@piefed.social 70 points 5 days ago

People can shit on Valve all they want, but at least they never went full Nazi.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I see what you mean

had they used 1 or 3 of the symbol instead, I don't think we'd have this problem

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 40 points 5 days ago (9 children)

100 % ai. Llms love emojis in subject lines

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 99 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The strange thing is that they did notice It and elected to not send it in German instead of just not putting the symbols in the subject.

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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The transphobic company is also a nazi company.

I am shocked, shocked I say.

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